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Hopefully, just special insoles. I have a couple of orthotics that I can use for the foot drop if I need them. One fits over the shoe, (it can be adapted to almost any shoe) and another that just wraps around my leg above the ankle and hooks to a ring that’s laced into my shoe laces. I went for part of the day, yesterday, with just the boot. We tried the ankle wrap later in the day and it didn’t seem to make a lot of difference. I STILL have to learn to walk again! It’s a journey that I have taken several times in the last few years. The surgeon has said that I may need an ankle brace, but from what I can tell with yesterday’s experiment, that might not be necessary. I start PT the 25th of this month and I go back to see the surgeon Aug. 11th. We’ll see…

Kind of an inside joke. I’ll explain when I see ya’!! 😜

With an average cost of $65,000.00 nationwide to house a prisoner and a 1.2 million person prison population in the USA., that amounts to roughly an 80 billion dollars a year tax burden! Housing a prisoner for thirty years amounts to an average of two million dollars cost. If that prisoner is held in Massachusetts, it’ll cost over $300,000.00 a year while the state of Arkansas only spends around $25,000.00 per inmate. But $80 billion a year over thirty years is $2.4 trillion dollars!! None of this takes into account what is spent on the apprehension, processing, and prosecution of the criminal or the costs of repairing the damage done by those criminals. Just a quick summary of the cost of crime…

Kidnapping can also get you the death penalty in some cases! What does it cost to house a single criminal sentenced to life imprisonment for forty years?? Why shouldn’t/couldn’t the capital punishment standards be adjusted to further deter capital crimes?? Add to that the reinstitution of “hard labor” to sentencing of repeat and aggravated crimes!! There’s nothing cruel or inhumane about making a convicted criminal earn his/her keep?? They receive food and shelter, free healthcare, and education!! This is all at the expense of citizens who respect and obey the law!! There are a number of services that can and should be obtained from those who don’t, as reparations for their criminal behavior!! There are any number of other subtle changes that can and should be made to the penal system, reversing the unsuccessful practices we’ve witnessed over the last half century. They’ve failed to produce the results we were promised and have done NOTHING but increse recidivism and disregard for potential consequences! Perhaps it’s time to take a step forward into the past!!

Given that several provincial governments and the leaders of those provinces have already made it clear that they will not support or participate in this governmental overreach, their constituents are resisting and the operation is becoming a logistical and economic nightmare!! BANKRUPT THE BUREAUCRACY and it will cave in on itself!!!

States, including California, Illinois, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Massachusetts would do so without ATF, and have more than once!! Their “red flag” laws are nothing more than confiscatory bypasses of citizens rights!! If they are given the opportunity to confiscate under the auspices of a federal bureaucracy, THEY WILL LEAP AT THE CHANCE!!

Already two separate lawsuits in process of being written and filed by the various pro 2A organizations to test this in court!!

This is a known fact!! Many crimes committed by illegal aliens aren’t being reported because the cases aren’t prosecuted!! These itinerant criminals are released on bail and disappear or they’re released without bail and never show up for trial!! Then you have liberal prosecutors who refuse to persue legal action because they oppose immigration laws and would do ANYTHING to circumvent them!!

Not only should the Death Penalty be an option in murder and other heinous crimes, there might should be certain crimes that, if convicted, the criminal would face mandatory execution!

Nothing new for the 2nd district!! Look for this to be challenged, possibly asking for an emergency injunction!!

Almost two whole days incommunicado!! Is everyone okay?? I’ve spent the day, today, wearing actual shoes!! ON BOTH FEET!! AT THE SAME TIME!! And walking on ‘em some too!! Curiosity as to whether all this surgery and recuperation time was worth it has finally overtaken my patience!! So this morning I installed a ring in the laces on the boot for my left foot, which I haven’t worn since Christmas, and put my foot in it, laced it up, and took a few steps around the bedroom! NOT TOO BAD!! The other boot was in the living room and I grabbed my cane and hobbled in there!! HELL! The dog was so surprised that she barked and grumbled until I sat down! I put the other boot on and walked, limped back to the bedroom for my phone and my big drink cup. Pretty clumsy, but I managed to make the round trip back to my chair without falling or even stumbling and I did it without the cane! I’ve been up and down all day and even fixed my own breakfast. I’ll use the cane when I’m doing this for the near future and I have a LOOONNNG way to go!! The surgery seems to have done just what we’d hoped it would! I’ll still spend most of the time in the walking boot until I can get new cushioned insoles made, but I know now that I can finally, barring another setback, get back to some semblance of normalcy and maybe to the things I want and need to do!! Now if I could just get Caly ta’ stop barking at me every time I get up and go to the fridge!! 😡 🤣

A couple more sleeps and we’ll be headed thataway!!

MNO Ducks!! M’s Geese

I don’t mind my waist!! It keeps telling me to eat more than I should!!

Boomstick short stroked a pair of Uberti Remington ‘75s for me a few years ago. He also lowered and widened the hammer spurs! What a difference!! Worth the money!!!

Ask her if she plans on bringing Oreos!! 🤣

YES’M!! I will be there!! Arriving Monday, around or a little after lunchtime!!

On the subject of the Home Run Derby, one of the guys who was very successful, winning consecutive contests, has decided NOT to participate this year. Pete Alonso is leading the league in doubles this year and is one RBI off the lead in the majors. I suspect that he has decided to avoid changing his batting habits in order to maintain his focus on what’s working for him in games that matter.

ICM Ducks!!

Ol’ Chickasaw Bill is so narrow, he has to run around in the shower to get wet! FEED THE BOY!!

My understanding is that it’s made in Australia and that it’s just now starting to appear in stores there. I don’t know anything else. I never used it and have no experience with or opinion of it.

I watched a first time rookie starting pitcher last night. The kid has a world class fastball and a good head on his shoulders. He gave up two homers in six innings, but he struck out seven and held the opposition to little else. Got his first win in his first start and did it in Yankee Stadium wearing pinstripes!! He did it in front of his folks! THAT’S what baseball is all about!! Doing your best!

I think the recognition is good, especially for the guys that work hard and put in the effort to play a better game! The game itself is pretty much meaningless. It was much better when they played it for HFA in the World Series, but as it is there’s little to recommend it and the potential for injury in a meaningless game probably drives owners and managers a little bit crazy!!

I’m going to make some bacon jam when I get back from Black Gold! Until then, I’ll just have to be satisfied with jamming slices of bacon into my mouth!!